Modeling the Migration of Neptune and the Corresponding Resonant Captures
Li-Chin Yeh,
Ing-Guey Jiang,
Li-Yong Zhou
Abstract:Due to the angular momentum exchange with planetesimals, Neptune might have migrated outward to the current position, and captured many Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) into resonances. We set up a semianalytic model to simulate the outward migration of Neptune, and the processes of resonant captures. Our model can naturally explain Neptune's currently observed semi-major axis and eccentricity. The results show that the current population ratio between 3:2 and 2:1 is mainly due to the original density distribution o… Show more
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